Astounding imagery of how far ahead China is in solar even as the U.S. is now undoing its own clean energy initiatives in a national self-sabotaging, rolling-coal fuck-you
The Atlantic
Photos: The Scale of China’s Solar-Power Projects
As the Trump administration's “big, beautiful bill” eliminates many clean-energy incentives in the U.S., China continues huge investments in wi...
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This is a really excellent overview of the privacy challenges that anyone building generative AI systems should consider It's a good primer for anyone interested in this field Barberá and Popa-Fabre, "Privacy and Data Protection Risks in Large Language Models (LLMs)" https://rm.coe.int/privacy-and-data-protection-risks-in-large-language-models-llms-/1680b68fe9
Hey, if anyone will be looking for someone with a technical background to work on privacy or AI safety later this year, I might be available for a new gig starting around October I’m a computer scientist by background, with a history of managing engineering teams in compliance, privacy, trust, and AI safety I’d be particularly keen to help in the non-profit or benefit-corp space
Meta was caught red-handed using its Facebook app to eavesdrops on your browser sessions even if you had taken privacy precautions such as using incognito mode
Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android
Oh great. Now all personal data the the US government knows about us will be collected by Palantir, the Blackwater of tech
Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans
The Trump administration has expanded Palantir’s work with the government, spreading the company’s technology — which could easily merge data...
Concerning that the Republican in the US Congress want to prevent AI regulations by the states If the example of privacy regulation is anything to go by, the only hope of any reasonable AI regulations in the US is from the states
Tech Policy Press
US House Passes 10-Year Moratorium on State AI Laws | TechPolicy.Press
The US House advanced a 10-year pause on state AI regulation, but its fate is uncertain in the Senate.
From Florida, comes some good news for privacy…
TechCrunch
Florida bill requiring encryption backdoors for social media accounts has failed | TechCrunch
The bill would have required social media companies create encryption backdoors to allow access to users' private information.
This is insane A judge allowed a post-mortem, AI-generated video to influence a sentencing decision "It was the first time in Arizona judicial history — and possibly nationwide — that AI has been used to create a deceased victim’s own impact statement." There is no way to know whether this represents the views of the dead person
ABC15 Arizona in Phoenix (KNXV)
Family uses AI to create video for deadly Chandler road rage victim's own impact statement
Christopher Pelkey was killed in a road rage incident in Chandler in 2021, but last month, artificial intelligence brought him back to life during ...
Even if the developers of this library are fully trustworthy, a quick glance at this code revealed a few worrying things from a security pound of view Wired: "Security Researchers Warn a Widely Used Open Source Tool Poses a 'Persistent' Risk to the US"
WIRED
Security Researchers Warn a Widely Used Open Source Tool Poses a 'Persistent' Risk to the US
The open source software easyjson is used by the US government and American companies. But its ties to Russia’s VK, whose CEO has been sanctioned...
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Happy Beltane to those who celebrate This in one of the 4 quarter days of the traditional Celtic solar calendar, each marking a points hallway eat between solstice and equinox Winter Imbolc - Bridgit's Day Spring Beltane - May Day Summer Lúnasa - Harvest Autumn Samhain - Halloween Winter